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1、Doyouknowofanyonewhousesthetruthtodeceive阅读理解答案 Doyouknowofanyonewhousesthetruthtodeceive(欺骗)?Whensomeonetellsyousomethingthatistrue,butleavesoutimportantinformationthatshouldbeincluded,hecangiveyouafalsepicture. Forexample,somemightsay,“Ijustwonahundreddollarsonthelottery(彩票).Itwasgreat.It
2、ookthatdollarticketbacktothestoreandturneditinforonehundreddollars!” Thisguyisawinner,right?Maybe,maybenot.Wethendiscoverthathebought$200worthoftickets,andonlyonewasawinner.He’sreallyabigloser! Hedidn’tsayanythingthatwasfalse,butheleftoutimportantinformationonpurpose.That’scalledahalf-truth
3、.Half-truthsarenottechnicallylies,buttheyarejustasdishonest. Somepoliticiansoftenusethistrick.Let’ssaythatduringGovernorSmith’slastterm,herstatelostonemillionjobsandgainedthreemillionjobs.Thensheseeksanotherterm.Oneofheropponentssays,“DuringGovernorSmith’sterm,thestatelostonemillionjobs!”Tha
4、t’strue.However,anhoneststatementwouldhavebeen,“DuringGovernorSmith’sterm,thestatehadanetgainoftwomillionjobs.” Advertiserswillsometimesusehalf-truths.It’sagainstthelawtomakefalsestatements,sotheytrytomisleadyouwiththetruth.Anadvertisementmightsay,“Nineoutoftendoctorsadvisedtheirpatientstota
5、keYuckyPillstocuretoothache.”ItfailstomentionthattheyonlyaskedtendoctorsandnineofthemworkfortheYuckyCompany. Thiskindofdeceptionhappenstoooften.It’sasadfactoflife:Liesarelies,andsometimesthetruthcanlieaswell. 29.Wemayinferthattheauthorbelievespeopleshould_______. A.buylotteryticketsifpossi
6、ble B.makeuseofhalf-truths C.becarefulaboutwhattheyaretold D.nottrusttheYuckyCompany 30.Howmanyexamplesdoesthewritergivetoshowhowthetruthisusedtodeceive? A.oneB.TwoC.ThreeD.Four 31.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothepassage? A.Usinghalftruthsisagainstthelaw. B.Technically,halftrut
7、hsareinfactlies. C.YuckyPillsisaverygoodmedicinefortoothache. D.GovernorSmithdidagoodjobduringherlastterm. CCA